It ain't magic that makes all those objects disappear in the Straylight Run video "Soon We'll Be Living In The Future." It also ain't green screen. Director Travis Kopach — who also delivered a trippy little clip for the band's "Hands In The Sky" — explains the why and the how for this video about literally packing away your memories and emotional baggage...
Travis Kopach, director: "Emotion doesn't exist in green screen. Emotion exists in a tangible piece of set that you can grab and feel. With that in mind we set out to create a completely practical illusion with four 20 x 20 foot sets built four feet off the ground and a lot of locked off camera shots that allowed us to 'split the frame' in the edit and shoot with emotion. Those camera/edit tricks — plus the scenes where we juxtaposed this amazing song against a projection screen of rolling clouds — make up my second video for this band that I absolutely adore."
Straylight Run "Soon We'll Be Living In The Future"
(Universal Republic)
Travis Kopach, director | Jeremy Sullivan, producer | Refused TV , production co | Jon Fordham, DP | Don O'Reilly, art director
